GOP lawmakers offered no credible reason for the double-cross Americans except for citing “choice,” as if consumers “are craving to have their web history quietly sold to marketers and any other third party willing to pay,” chides Sottek.

The people most happy with the reversal, all the folks who stand to make lots of money off our information, e.g., companies like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T. The same people, says Sottek, who routinely give lots of money to members of Congress.

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